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cromlech

[krom-lek] / ˈkrɒm lɛk /
NOUN
megalith
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The cromlech built in Langemark, Belgium is marking the 100th anniversary of the war's outbreak.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2014

The charcoal sample that was thus dated came from an excavated pit at Stonehenge, the great "megalithic cromlech" on England's Salisbury Plain that has mystified scientists since Roman times.

From Time Magazine Archive

This cromlech is called, by children in that neighbourhood, ‘Castle Correg.’

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

Sometimes the treasure is in the ground, under a cromlech or a carn; he digs, and the thunder shakes the air, the lightnings flash, torrents descend, and he is frustrated in his search.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

If it is a boulder it is a very extraordinary one, and if it is a cromlech it is a more extraordinary one still.

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by T. O. Russell


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